I'm really strong in basketball

Chapter 4 Team Training
On the last day of September, Liu He received a training notice from the Lakers.

The team asked all players to report on Oct. 10.

At the end of the notice, the Lakers' roster for the new season was posted.

Centers: Shaq O'Neal (31), Horace Grant (38), Jamal Sampson (20)

Power forwards: Karl Malone (40), Stanislav Medvedenko (24)

Small forwards: Devon George (26), Liu He (19), Luke Walton (23)

Shooting guards: Kobe Bryant (25), Rick Fox (34), Kareem Rush (23), Maurice Carter (27)

Point guard: Gary Payton (35), Derek Fisher (29)

This is not the Los Angeles Lakers.

This is a Los Angeles nursing home.

五大首发的年龄分别是31、40、26、25、35，平均年龄将近32岁，这是本赛季联盟平均年龄最大的首发阵容。

In the rotation, the 38-year-old "Cobra" Grant and the 34-year-old Fox are also senior players.

Fox has reached the brink of retirement.

Grant himself has retired, but seeing the Lakers form the Galaxy Battleship, he wants to come back and get another ring.

In addition, another problem of the Lakers has also been exposed.

Compared with the extremely luxurious starting lineup, the bench lineup is too weak.

It cannot be said that the depth of the lineup is too shallow, it can only be said that there is no depth at all.

This is also impossible.

This season, O'Neal's annual salary is $2475 million, while Kobe's is $1350 million.

The salary cap for this season is $4387 million.

Kobe and O'Neal occupy most of the salary space.

The Lakers have no salary space to recruit strong support, which is one of the important reasons why the Lakers failed to win the championship this season.

On October 10, Liu He came to the training camp early.

The apartment he rented was very close to the Staples Center, just a ten-minute drive away.

Because it was too early, except for a few security guards, other players, coaching staff, and management had not arrived yet.

Liu He greeted the security personnel, then went to the locker room, changed into the No. 25 jersey, and then went to the stadium to train alone.

Liu He pushed a cart and started shooting training, a set of three-pointers, followed by a set of mid-range shots, and so on.

Before I knew it, the jersey was soaked.

I don't know when, there was a small man under the basket, wearing the No. 20 jersey.

Liu He was about to say hello, but the man caught Liu He's missed basketball and passed it to Liu He.

"Newcomer, continue!"

Liu He catches the ball, pulls up and shoots.

Swish!
Payton nodded with satisfaction, continued to pick up the ball for Liu He, and passed the ball.

"very good!"

"Not bad!"

"very good!"

"That's it, buddy!"

Whenever Liu He hits a shot, Payton will boast.

Liu He was extremely surprised in his heart.

This is Gary Payton, the legendary trash talker?

This is too friendly.

Liu He doesn't know that Payton is indeed a great trash talker, but he especially likes hardworking players.

For example, when Kobe first entered the league, he offended many stars because of his crazy talk. Everyone planned to teach Kobe a lesson during the All-Star weekend.

But Payton said that he doesn't hate Kobe, but likes this newcomer very much.

"I like the way he approaches basketball, that's it."

After another half an hour, Liu He felt tired and stopped to rest.

Payton looked at Liu He's wet jersey and strong body, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Dude, I watched this year's draft, you are much stronger than then, did you train less in the summer?"

"Thanks, Gary. Your passing is better than the trainer I paid for. I feel more comfortable shooting."

Liu He not only answered Payton's question, but also praised Payton's passing ability.

Peyton grinned widely.

"Okay, let's go back and change into clean clothes."

Afterwards, Payton took Liu He back to the locker room.

Before entering the locker room, there was the sound of players fighting.

It's a loud voice, with a ostentatious tone.

"Shaq, the sheriff in Louisiana approved my application for police entry in the summer, and equipped me with a police car, a pistol, and a police uniform. I am now a police officer. You must have never been in a police car, do you want me to take you for a ride?"

As we all know, O'Neill's adoptive father is a policeman, and his dream is to become a policeman like his adoptive father, but O'Neill has not yet realized his dream.

This guy is purely showing off.

But if he dared to call him brother in front of O'Neill, this person would naturally be the "postman" Karl Malone.

Immediately, O'Neill's voice came out: "Oh, NO! Your sheriff must have been blind to let a thug sneak into the police force."

Malone triumphantly said, "You are just jealous brother."

At this moment, Liu He and Payton walked into the locker room.

O'Neal yelled strangely: "Oh, who are these, two hardworking newcomers."

Payton responded with a smile: "Shaq, you should also train hard. The new season is about to start, look at your damn body fat percentage."

Liu He simulated a pistol with his hand, pointed at O'Neill and said, "Superman, you have been arrested on charges of excessive body fat!"

On the night of the draft, O'Neal also sent a similar text message.

O'Neill suddenly became interested, and imitated the gun with his hand, shooting while dodging, muttering: "biu! biu! biu..."

What a big funny guy!
The two had a great time.

O'Neill was very happy.

This Chinese rookie is much more interesting than last year's little Chinese giant.

Ma Long applauded to attract everyone's attention: "Everyone, you should all learn from this hardworking newcomer, attitude is everything!"

Ma Long has the air of a locker room boss.

However, Liu He got the approval of three of the F4, which can be regarded as a good start.

Compared with Malone, Payton kept his attitude very low, took the initiative to greet his teammates warmly, and helped introduce Liu He to everyone.

"Guys, this is this year's rookie, Liu He, a diligent little guy."

This is the difference between him and Malone.

Malone feels that he is enough, no matter any team or any team boss has to give himself face, even Kobe and O'Neal have to respect himself as a senior.

But Payton is very clear that this is Kobe and O'Neal's team, he is an outsider, he is here to assist the two, and the main player is a sensible one.

Liu He followed Payton and greeted everyone.

The teammates responded enthusiastically, and everyone could see that O'Neal, Malone, and Payton all liked this newcomer, so there was no need for them to offend him.

Except for Devin George, the team's starting three.

No way, the ass decides the head.

There is a direct competitive relationship between the two. If George likes Liu He, then there is no ghost.

Knowing this, Liu He is not angry, he should say hello, how to respond is up to you, anyway, the problem is not with me.

(End of this chapter)